296 LANGUAGE AND MENTAL DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN

STAGE FIVE (Nos. 25 TO 30)
(For Children of Eight to Nine Tears)
The Stage Five pictures call for the use of relative pronouns. Most
of the children of seven will find it difficult to link up the separate
parts of their statements with who or that. One cause of their difficulty
is that the actions shown must be described as already having taken
place. The teacher must, therefore, explain while describing the
sample pictures (25 and 26) that what is being described has already
taken place.
One month's credit should be deducted for each prompting necessary
to secure a full and proper description.
SAMPLE DESCRIPTIONS
This (It) is a picture of ...
(25) A woman who has just turned out a jelly.
"(26) A girl who has just caught a ball.
REQUIRED DESCRIPTIONS
This (It) is a picture of , . .
(27) A boy who has fallen into the water. (Acceptable alternatives:
(a) fallen: tumbled; (b) water: river, pond, stream.)
(28) A girl who has dropped her doll on the stairs, or A girl who
has just let her doll fall on the stairs. (Acceptable alterna-
tives: (a) doll: dolly; (b) stairs: staircase; (c) on the stairs:
going upstairs.)
(29) A boy who has fallen down and broken his jug. (Acceptable
alternatives: (a) fallen down:_ tumbled down, fallen over,
etc.; (b) his jug: a jug, something, something he was
carrying.)
(30) A boy who has just kicked a football.